<p>The CBI on Sunday arrested a senior railway official for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 crore for allocating work to a private company.</p>.<p>Mahender Singh Chauhan, a 1985-batch Indian Railways Engineering Service (IRES) officer, was apprehended by the agency after it laid a trap on a tip-off, officials said.</p>.<p>The agency conducted searches at 20 locations in Delhi, Assam, Uttarakhand and two other states. Two of Chauhan's accomplices were also reportedly apprehended by the investigators.</p>.<p>Chauhan is posted at the Northeast Frontier Railway and is posted at its headquarters in Maligaon in Assam. Officials said the bribe money has been recovered.</p>.<p>He had allegedly demanded the bribe from the private company, promising them contracts for projects under the Northeast Frontier Railway.</p>.<p>Last week, the CBI had booked four of its officers, including two Deputy Superintendents of Police, for attempting to sabotage investigations into loan fraud cases.</p>
<p>The CBI on Sunday arrested a senior railway official for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 crore for allocating work to a private company.</p>.<p>Mahender Singh Chauhan, a 1985-batch Indian Railways Engineering Service (IRES) officer, was apprehended by the agency after it laid a trap on a tip-off, officials said.</p>.<p>The agency conducted searches at 20 locations in Delhi, Assam, Uttarakhand and two other states. Two of Chauhan's accomplices were also reportedly apprehended by the investigators.</p>.<p>Chauhan is posted at the Northeast Frontier Railway and is posted at its headquarters in Maligaon in Assam. Officials said the bribe money has been recovered.</p>.<p>He had allegedly demanded the bribe from the private company, promising them contracts for projects under the Northeast Frontier Railway.</p>.<p>Last week, the CBI had booked four of its officers, including two Deputy Superintendents of Police, for attempting to sabotage investigations into loan fraud cases.</p>
